Social Worker (Bank)

Our Family Support Team is responsible for caring for adults with complex palliative care needs and their families. We ensure a supportive team environment where patients and their families have the best possible experience and receive the highest quality care totally free of charge.

Key duties:

• To provide specialist psychosocial emotional and practical support to patients with palliative care needs and their families/carers.
• Youll deliver holistic assessments care planning safeguarding and practical/psychosocial interventions working closely with our MDT and community partners.
• Facilitate access to relevant resources and services safeguard vulnerable individuals and contribute to multidisciplinary personcentred palliative care.

What are we looking for in a candidate:

• Degree in Social Work (or equivalent) and Social Work England registration.
• Post-qualifying experience in adult social work (e.g. hospital community mental health or palliative care).
• Evidence of continuingprofessionaldevelopment relevant to palliative/end-of-life care safeguarding or adult social care.
• You will be able to bring your exemplary communication skills which will enable you to build positive trusted relationships with patients and families ensuring they are central to care delivery and decision making.
• Ability to facilitate advanced care plan conversations.
• Prepared to work in a busy and emotive environment as part of a strong and vibrant multi-disciplinary team.

How to apply

Applications must be submitted online via the St Gemmas careers website prior to the closing date.

Please ensure you download the Role Profile and Employee Specification documents at the bottom of the vacancy page as you may find them useful when completing the application questions.

What are the benefits of working at St Gemmas

At St Gemmas our people are at the heart of our organisation so we place great importance on maintaining a workplace culture and environment where everyone can thrive and feel satisfied that they are making a meaningful difference in the work they do. Our culture is centred around our values:

• Caring

We are passionate about the importance of the work we do and we care for one another. Kindness empathy compassion and respect are all shared behaviours amongst our people and this creates a genuinely supportive and welcoming environment.

• Aspirational

We are continually learning and developing striving for excellence in everything we do. We encourage new and innovative ideas and this has led to us pioneering the way forward on a number of high-impact initiatives across all areas of our organisation.

• Professional

We deliver high standards through team-work a skilled workforce and good governance

We offer a competitive range of benefits with an emphasis on inclusion and staff well-being in a caring and friendly environment:

• Generous annual holiday entitlement starting at 28 days plus statutory Bank holidays (FTE). Your entitlement will incrementally increase over time up to 34 days after 10 years service. You will also have the option to buy up to 5 days holiday each year subject to terms.
• Free parking at the Hospice site subject to availability.
• Subsidised food at the Hospices Bistro and free drinks for all staff.
• Enrolment onto St Gemmas Group Personal Pension Plan which provides a 5% company pension contribution assuming employees contribute 3%. If you are currently a member of the NHS Pension Scheme and have contributed to the scheme within the last twelve months you are eligible to continue contributing to this scheme instead of St Gemmas Group Plan.
• Health Assured employee assistance programme providing a wide range of wellbeing services for you and your immediate family.
• Learning and professional development. For our clinical teams this is provided by our world-class Academic Unit of Palliative Care (AUPC).
• Various employee network groups that you can get involved with e.g. our LGBTQ group and our sustainability group for example.
• Regular social events enabling people to gather together as a team build relationships and recognise achievements.

Please carefully review the Role Profile and Employee Specification documents prior to completing the application form.

We encourage early applications and reserve the right to invite candidates to interview prior to the closing date and/or close this vacancy prior to the closing date if a sufficient number of applications are received.

For further details please contact Megan ItsonFamily Support Manager at.

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St Gemmas Hospice is an independent Leeds-based charity and one of the leading hospices in the UK providing expert care and support for local people with life-limiting and terminal illnesses. We offer care to patients families and carers in the Hospices In-Patient Unit through the St Gemmas community team and at our Out-Patients.

We have around 300 employees working across the main Hospice site in Moortown Retail Hub in Bramley a large chain of charity shops and out in the community. We offer career opportunities both in our multi-disciplinary clinical team and in a wide range of non-clinical roles all of which contribute towards local patient care. St Gemmas Hospice has a team of approximately 800 volunteers working in a variety of roles supporting departments throughout the organisation.

St Gemmas is committed to equal opportunities and strives to be diverse and inclusive a place which reflects the communities we serve. We offer a competitive range of benefits with an emphasis on staff well-being in a caring and friendly environment.